Short Suck #52: Protected Predator: The Johnson City Scandal
A serial predator drugs women, keeps a list of victims, and somehow keeps slipping through the cracks — while the people meant to stop him sure do appear to keep looking the other way. This week, we f...
27 Feb 57min
495 - The Watts Family Murders
When a wife and two young children vanish, the internet’s favorite theory shows up fast: it’s always the husband. This week on Timesuck, we dig into the horrifying Chris Watts case - a story of appear...
23 Feb 2h 57min
494 - Nothing Is Over! Ned Kelly and the Most Insane Shootout in Australian History
He was Australia’s most infamous bushranger - a working-class rebel to some, a violent murderer to others. This week on Timesuck, we dive into the brutal, myth-soaked life of Ned Kelly, his war with t...
16 Feb 2h 26min
Short Suck #51: Greatest Slave Rebellion in History: The Haitian Revolution
In this Short Suck, we dive into the Haitian Revolution - the only truly successful large-scale slave revolt in human history - where the enslaved people of Saint-Domingue rose up, burned France's “ca...
13 Feb 1h 1min
493 - The Gloriavale Cult: Hell Disguised as Heaven
In this episode of Timesuck, we’re heading to New Zealand to explore Gloriavale - a so-called “Heaven on Earth” founded by charismatic preacher Neville Cooper, where obedience to God somehow turned in...
9 Feb 2h 38min
492 - The Moors Murders
From 1963 to 1965, Ian Brady and Myra Hindley carried out one of the most disturbing crime sprees in British history, abducting, torturing, and murdering children in and around Manchester before buryi...
2 Feb 2h 49min
491 - The Good, the Bad, and Corporate Greed: American Healthcare Explained
Whoo BOY! This week's episode is packed with info and stats. How did the US healthcare system get so expensive and complicated? Is it still better than some form of universal care? Throwing a lot of h...
26 Jan 2h 50min
Short Suck #50: Presumed Guilty: The Duke Lacrosse Scandal
In this week's Short Suck, we revisit the 2006 Duke Lacrosse scandal—the case that felt like an open-and-shut story of privilege and violence… until the facts started falling apart, the DNA didn’t mat...
23 Jan 1h 3min
